Time Machine usage after upgrade to Lion

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Time Machine usage after upgrade to Lion

Hi,

On one of my Macs I've still Snow Leopard running and I'm using Time Machine for backups.

Question: After upgrading to Lion on that Mac, will I be able to continue "incremental" Time Machine backups OR will I have to make a complete Time Machine backup of the entire hard drive?

Many thanks.

iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on May 25, 2012 5:39 AM

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Answer 1

baltwo

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May 25, 2012 12:09 PM in response to coxorange

See Pondini's TM FAQs for starters.

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coxorange Author

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May 25, 2012 1:25 PM in response to baltwo

Thanks, I know of Pondini's TM FAQs but unfortunately I can't find the answer to my question there.

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May 25, 2012 2:16 PM in response to coxorange

Because of the new OS, Time Machine will want to backup the whole new OS and all other files affected by it. It's a lengthy backup. Then it will go back to incremental backups.

Hope this helps 🙂

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coxorange Author

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May 25, 2012 2:36 PM in response to Radiation Mac

Thanks, it helps.

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